"Neil Williams" wrote in message
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On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 12:11:38 +0000, Mizter T wrote:
Blimey - I knew fewer ticket offices is the general direction of
things,
but wasn't expecting quite such a radical proposal. The pill is of course
sweetened by the plan for 24hr running on some Tube lines,
which
in its own right is most welcome.

I don't think the Tube needs ticket offices, rather it needs staff on the
floor helping with things. German systems are often near enough completely
unstaffed. So I broadly support the idea.

(as well as the in station options) German (/Italian/Belgium/Dutch/Spanish)
systems normally work on the basis of there being a prepaid "carnet" or
strip ticket (or smart card), which you buy from manned newsagents (etc), so
the comparison is entirely false, IMHO.

tim




Neil

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